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In December, the New York City Council voted to amend the City Charter to establish the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health as a permanent part of our city government. The vote comes at a critical time – as New Yorkers continue to feel the long-lasting mental health consequences of the pandemic.
The vote is also the culmination of years of work. In the wake of decades of state and federal neglect that left too many people without the mental healthcare they need, New York City became the first major American city to support mental health services through local tax levy funds. As a result, today New York City is delivering more mental health services, in more places and in more ways than ever before. These services are essential and effective.
Recent highlights
How to help someone who needs mental healthcare
Free trainings for social services providers
B-HEARD is expanding
B-HEARD is hiring - join the team
How to help someone who needs mental healthcare
As New Yorkers, we look out for each other. If you want to help someone who needs mental healthcare, you can. Get started with our new guide, produced with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and NYC Health + Hospitals. The guide walks you through how to get mental health support for anyone, at any level of need – including what to know, where to look, and who to call.
Use this guide to find the right support, right nowFree trainings for social services providers
What if you could help your client understand the benefits of the Covid vaccine? Or help them manage stress? Learn how to integrate mental health support into the services offered at your nonprofit, city, or state agency with free courses from the Academy for Community Behavioral Health, the Mayor’s Office for Economic Development, and the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health.
Courses are open to all staff at New York City-based nonprofits and city or state agencies.
Register for a course todayB-HEARD is expanding
For the first time ever in New York City, mental and physical health professionals are responding to 911 mental health calls through pilot program B-HEARD.
In the first three months of operations, the pilot has had a promising start. Now it’s expanding from East Harlem, west to the Hudson River.
Learn more about the groundbreaking pilotB-HEARD is hiring - join the team
Calling all social workers: B-HEARD is hiring! Join the B-HEARD team to respond to 911 mental health calls and make a significant impact in the lives of New Yorkers.
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